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‘Reminiscences: My Journey Through Life’ By Azu Ishiekwene

Elwin Mandowa,
At the beginning, I was tempted to think of the author as a reluctant memoirist. Hon. Justice Sunday Akinola Akintan says his two greatest motivations for writing Reminiscences: My Journey Through Life  are 1) to fortify the slender repertoire of written records in Yorubaland and 2) to heed the counsel of famous lawyer T.O.S. Benson that the only way for… Read More
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The Emergency Meeting Northern Governors Should Be Holding By Olabisi Deji-Folutile

Elwin Mandowa,
Left to our 19 Northern states’ governors and Nigeria’s Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, the over 1.5 million candidates that sat this year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) would have probably waited for another year before taking the exam. We owe the West African Examination Council (WAEC) thanks for sticking to its timetable in the face of intimidation and… Read More
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Don’t Fix Social Media, Fix The Government By Ibrahim B. Anoba

Elwin Mandowa,
The growing calls for the regulation of social media platforms in Nigeria by the country’s politicians are absurd and a misplaced priority. Rather than reduce hate speech and fake news as the policy proponents hope, it would only give the government needless powers to determine the extent to which Nigerians enjoy their God-given freedom of expression. Moreover, there are more… Read More
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#EndSARS: The Aftermath By Reuben Abati

Elwin Mandowa,
The #EndSARS protests which lasted for about two weeks until the crisis in Lagos on October 20, 2020, now known as the Black Tuesday in Nigeria’s contemporary history, may have abated, with the disappearance from Nigerian streets of the horde of protesters, looters, hijackers, and miscreants who together lent a new dimension to the protests. But essentially what we are… Read More
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WTO: The Politics Against The Emergence Of Okonjo-Iweala As DG By Olubunmi Akamo

Elwin Mandowa,
The country, United States of America, has grown its tentacles so big among countries of the world that its stand on international organisations has effect in both the funding and recognition of such agencies. It became a huge blow for the United Nations specialised agency, World Health Organisation (WHO), when President Donald Trump moved to withdraw US participation from the… Read More
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Let Someone Tell Malami That Enough Is Enough Please By Usman Okai Austin

Elwin Mandowa,
I read with a putrid feeling of nausea and utter shame a statement credited to the Hon Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, wherein he was quoted to have said it was possible that hoodlums dressed in army fatigues could have been responsible for the shootings at Lekki Toll Gate during the recent #EndSARS protests.… Read More
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Governance, Social Media Regulation And Nigerian Society By Olanrewaju Oyedeji

Elwin Mandowa,
In the Nigerian polity, there have been heated discussions around the regulation of social media. This discussion was brought to the fore again after the #EndSARS protest, which was anchored largely on social media. The social media was used for mobilization, reaching the international community among many other purposes. It got to a stage that the Chief Executive Officer of… Read More
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Nigeria: Youths are not to blame

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Written by Femi Oluwasanmi Several controversies have traded the EndSARS protest which birthed looting, killings, destruction of properties and opened an unprecedented page in the annal of protests in Nigeria, with some alleging that there were some elements keenly anxious to annihilate the South West and destroy its common heritage. But critically looking at the events that culminated to this… Read More
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